One in five UK-listed companies issued a profit warning in the last 12 months

UK-listed companies issued 49 profit warnings between April and June 2024, the lowest quarterly total since 2021, according to EY-Parthenon’s latest Profit Warnings report. The report found that profit warnings from UK-listed companies fell 26% compared with Q2 2023. The highest number of Q2 warnings recorded by EY-Parthenon was in 2020, when 166 were issued.…

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Profit warnings from listed companies exceed 2008 financial crisis levels

The percentage of UK-listed companies issuing profit warnings last year exceeded the levels seen at the peak of the financial crisis in 2008 as 18.2% of public firms issued warnings, according to EY-Parthenon’s latest report.  In total, 294 profit warnings were issued in 2023, a small decrease of 11 from 2022 when 305 warnings were given.…

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